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       Flurry of Bills Introduced as Congress Nears Recess
       -- Call 1-800-522-6721 to contact your Congressmen
                    by Gun Owners of America
      8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA  22151
     (703)321-8585, fax: 321-8408, http://www.gunowners.org
                   (Friday, November 7, 1997)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduces two more pro-gun bills!
*  H.R. 2721, "The Second Amendment Protection Act of 1997," will
repeal the Brady waiting period and the instant "registration"
check.  Rep. Paul's bill will also amend the 1968 Gun Control Act
of 1968 by deleting the "sporting purposes" test, which allows
the Secretary of Treasury to regulate away "non sporting"
firearms.
*  H.R. 2722 is a national reciprocity bill for the right of
concealed carry.  This bill does not establish a "National
Standard" for carrying concealed firearms -- as does the other
reciprocity bill (H.R. 339) introduced by Rep. Stearns.  Such a
notion could, down the line, lead to the federal government's
dictating to the states how they should treat concealed carry for
their own citizens.  H.R. 2722 simply applies the Constitutional
"Full Faith and Credit" section (Article IV) to the carrying of
concealed firearms.  Also, unlike H.R. 339, this bill DOES NOT
require one to have a carry permit to enjoy reciprocity in
another state!  Rep. Paul's bill is "Vermont-style friendly" so
that a citizen from any state which recognizes the RIGHT of
citizens to carry -- without permits, fingerprints, taxes, fees,
etc. -- can travel to another state and enjoy that same right of
self-defense.
More Bills in the Hopper: Good and Bad
* H.R. 2734: Override of the Clinton Import Ban.  President
Clinton has indicated that he plans to issue a Presidential
directive that will ban the importation of several types of
semi-automatic firearms.  In response to this, Rep. Bob Barr
(R-GA) has introduced H.R. 2734 to require the government to
allow the importation of several kinds of firearms, including the
types that Clinton is seeking to ban.
* H. Res. 259:  Discharge petition for anti-gun "Incumbent
Protection Bill."  Rep. Scotty Baesler (D-KY) has introduced a
discharge petition to force a vote on so-called campaign finance
reform.  Rep.  Baesler's bill would, like other similar
proposals, regulate GOA's newsletters and other communications
with its members and activists, while expanding the relative
political power of the liberal media and other anti-gun forces.
H. Res. 259 currently has 187 signatures -- 218 signatures are
needed to force an immediate vote.
* To read summaries of the new anti-gun bills -- there are too
many to mention here -- visit the GOA Web page at
http://www.gunowners.org/anaview.htm and get a complete listing.
(This file will be updated by Monday to reflect the new bills.)
Anti-gun bills coming to the floor
* S. 25 and H.R. 493:  Votes scheduled in House and Senate on
"Incumbent Protection Bills."  GOA has already alerted you to the
so-called campaign finance reform bills that have surfaced in
Congress (similar to Rep. Baesler's bill mentioned above).  The
leadership of each house in Congress has, unfortunately, promised
to hold a vote on the issue sometime in March.  GOA will keep you
abreast of what's happening as further details become available.
Please stay tuned.
* H.R. 2621:  Fast Track to gun control?  This so-called "fast
track" bill would allow the Clinton administration to go forward
with legislation to extend the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) to other Latin American countries in a form
which could not be filibustered or amended in Congress.  There is
certainly a possibility that the Clinton-sponsored bill will
contain import-export restrictions on firearms, which Second
Amendment advocates will not be able to strip from the
legislation.
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